17 Don’t say, “I will be hidden from the master,”

and “Who will remember me from on high?”

I will not be known amongst so many people,

for what is my soul in a boundless creation?

18 Listen, the heaven, the heaven of heavens,

the deep, and the earth, will be moved when he visits.

19 The mountains and the foundations of the earth together

are shaken with trembling when he looks at them.

20 No heart will think about these things.

Who could comprehend his ways?

21 Like a tempest which no man can see,

so, the majority of his works are[fn] hidden.

22 Who will declare his works of righteousness?

Who will wait for them?

Because his covenant is afar off.[fn]

23 He who is lacking in[fn] understanding thinks about these things.

An unwise and erring man thinks foolishly.